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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
is a
United States National Park
and
UNESCO
World Heritage Site
that straddles the ridgeline of the
Great Smoky Mountains
, part of the
Blue Ridge Mountains
, which are a division of the larger
Appalachian Mountain chain
. The border between
Tennessee
and
North Carolina
runs northeast to southwest through the centerline of the park. It is the most visited national park in the
United States
. On its route from
Maine
to
Georgia
, the
Appalachian Trail
also passes through the center of the park. The park was chartered by the
United States Congress
in 1934 and officially dedicated by
President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
in 1940. It encompasses , making it one of the largest protected areas in the eastern United States. The main park entrances are located along
U.S. Highway 441
(
Newfound Gap Road
) at the towns of
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
, and
Cherokee, North Carolina
. It was the first national park whose land and other costs were paid for in part with federal funds; previous parks were funded wholly with state money or private funds.
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